DESERTS DE POCHE – DJ COMPLEX

Deserts de poche – DJ Complex, is a project located in the southern of Tunisia into an area that is a door between the sea and the desert.
The project Deserts de poche – DJ Complex consists of two independent buildings: the DJ House #1 and the DJ Center #2. The program is composed by a private house with temporary residencies for artists and by a center of arts. Around the buildings there is a garden that fits into the landscape of this part of the island quite eliminating the idea of limits and boundaries.
The garden inside this landscape is characterized by the view of the sea, the yellow desert sand and Mediterranean essences and trees such as palms and olive trees
The project is based on the reinterpretation of the site and of its architecture which is characterized by white stereometric volumes echoing the sandy landscape of the desert and the clear blue sky that caractherizes this region. The DJ Complex was designed referring to the thickness of the walls and the juxtaposition of volumes and masses that are set into a landscape of sand bathed by a clear light.
The project rediscovers the local techniques of construction to define a contemporary architecture and to search for traditional solutions aiming at ensuring a natural cooling of the rooms. They should also allow to eliminate all the mechanical system for the environmental quality control.
The relationship between stereometric volumes and landscape reinterprets the values of the site, expresses its contemporary dimension and defines a set of “deserts de poche” as places of peace and retreat from the convulsive rhythms of modernity that rechoing the atmosphere described in the book “You must change your life” written by the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk.

The Project for the New Integrated Complex within the Bologna Railway Station sets a new urban order that interacts with the various elements of the territory. It will represent a new  access to the city and the entire regional and metropolitan system.
Through the New Integrated Complex within the Bologna railway Station, the project aims to link two parts of the city separated by the the railroad’s cutting and will set the connections between two parts of the city that are historically separated: the old town and the Bolognina district.
The settlement of the entrance to the New Railway along the Bridge Matteotti allow to bind the architecture and the city.
The new urban configuration of Independenza Street is flanked, on the western edge, by the canalredevelopment of a section of the Navile canal: this new urban park makes possible the use of the area by pedestrians and cyclists, recovering the historical traces related to the use of the waterways that have characterized theoriginal relationship between the city and its territory.

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MASTERPLAN DI SVILUPPO URBANO E NUOVA STAZIONE FERROVIARIA DI BOLOGNA

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Il progetto per il Nuovo Complesso Integrato nell’Ambito della Stazione di Bologna definisce un nuovo assetto urbano che interagisce con i molteplici aspetti del contesto territoriale costituendo un accesso alla città e all’intero sistema metropolitano e regionale.
Attraverso il Nuovo Complesso Integrato nell’Ambito della Stazione di Bologna, il progetto permette di ricucire le due parti di città separate dal taglio della ferrovia e di realizzare le connessioni tra parti della città storicamente separate come il centro storico ed il quartiere della Bolognina.
La scelta insediativa che dispone l’ingresso alla Nuova Stazione sul Ponte Matteotti lega architettura e città.
Alla nuova configurazione urbana di Via dell’Indipendenza si affianca, sul margine Ovest, il progetto di riqualificazione di un tratto del Canale Navile: la creazione di un sistema di parco urbano basato su un intervento di riqualificazione che rende possibile la fruizione ciclabile e pedonale dell’area recuperando le testimonianze storiche legate all’uso delle vie d’acqua che hanno caratterizzato il rapporto originale tra la città ed il suo territorio.

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Bologna IT
Date	2008
Design team	Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos (Team leader), Henning Larsen Architects, Marco Scarpinato
Collaborators	Federico Cazzaniga (Cruz y Ortiz), Lucia Pierro (AutonomeForme), Carmelo Vitrano (Autonomeforme), Hannibal Hink (HLA), Ali Arvanaghi (HLA)
CONSULTANTS
Structures	HIG
Mechanical system	MBA
Safety and fire prevention	BTF Cognos
Landscape design	SLA AS
Urban planning	JSWD ( Frederik Jaspert, Kostantin Jaspert)
Transportation	Dario di Vincenzo
Italian laws consultant	Francesco Nicolicchia
Client	R.F.I. S.p.A.
Surface	1.200 ha
Awards	Third Prize in International Design Competition

The masterplan for the waterfront of Valencia defines a design approach that deals with the simultaneous presence of infrastructure, housing, historical buildings, public space and temporary uses. The master plan of the harbour is not a separate plan of the city but, rather, a tool that poses the urban design as a tool to integrate the rules of the land use and the flexibility of urban forms linked to differents flows and cross-modality.
The design relates to the different dimensions that characterize this context, taking in account the specificities of a place defined by a rural landscape characterized by the relationship between soil and water. Through a combination of curved design elements, the masterplan joins and sorts the different sizes and uses of the area.
The design of the dock fits in continuity with the urban design and interacts with the urban infrastructures of the new roads that connect the city to the sea. The space in front of the dock connects to the Avenida de France and joins with the new district of the PAI de Grao with buildings placed  in the urban park that stay in the end of the garden Linear Turia. The square facing the sea on which the existing Tinglados connects to the new Passenger Terminal and the park will be built on the eastern pier. So, all the elements of the site are involved in the urban scene and interact on the the new dock.

MASTERPLAN PER IL WATERFRONT DI VALENCIA AMERICA’S CUP

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Il masterplan per il fronte a mare di Valencia definisce un approccio progettuale che si confronta con la simultanea presenza di infrastrutture, residenze, emergenze storiche, spazio pubblico e usi provvisori. Il masterplan non è un piano del porto separato dal piano della città ma, piuttosto, uno strumento che pone il disegno urbano come strumento per integrare la disciplina sull’uso del suolo e la flessibilità della forme urbane legate ai flussi di attraversamento e alla intermodalità.
Il disegno relaziona le differenti dimensioni che caratterizzano il contesto portuale, tenendo in conto le specificità di un luogo definito da un paesaggio agrario caratterizzato dalla relazione tra suolo e acqua. Attraverso la combinazione di elementi figurativi curvilinei, il masterplan raccorda ed ordina le differenti dimensioni e gli usi molteplici presenti nell’area.
Il disegno della darsena s’inserisce in continuità con il disegno urbano che interagisce con i nuovi tracciati delle infrastrutture viarie che collegano la città al mare.Lo spazio prospiciente la darsena si piega lungo il prolungamento dell’Avenida de Francia e si raccorda al nuovo quartiere del PAI de Grao con edifici inseritinel parco urbano che costituisce il terminale del giardino lineare del Turia.
La piazza a mare su cui prospettano i Tinglados esistenti si connette al Terminal passeggeri e al parco che sarà realizzato sul molo di levante. Così, tutti gli elementi partecipano della scena urbana e interagiscono tra loro attraverso la nuova darsena.

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Valencia ES
Date	2007
Design team	Marco Scarpinato (Team leader), Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
CONSULTANTS
Morphological analysis	Ignazia Pinzello
Client	Consorcio Valencia 2007
Surface	80 ha

HOUSING AND CULTURAL CENTRE IN PESARO

Description

The intervention in the area of the old Juvenile Prison aims to make permeable and accessible this important urban area that is returned to the use of the community of Pesaro. For this reason, the fencesin the area are removed and the built elements are permeable, without any barriers that hinder the connections between internal and external spaces.
The central element of the intervention is the public park, located between the building of the old Juvenile Prison and the area of the new residences and offices.  The open space is configured as an intermediate place between the historic city, characterized by the compactness of the built environment, and the new town, characterized by the fragmentary construction made by the regular blocks placed along the coastline.
The project of the garden involves the construction of a main avenue that crosses longitudinally the garden connecting the new and the old city. The project of the residences combines differents volumes that rise from the ground and define the building like a big arcade-bridge over the new urban park.

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Description

L’intervento nell’ambito dell’ex Carcere Minorile mira a rendere permeabile e fruibile questa importante area urbana che viene restituita all’uso della collettività  e alla vita della città  di Pesaro. Per questo tutti i recinti presentinell’area sono abbattuti e le parti costruite sono trattate come elementi permeabili che non frappongono barriere nette tra interno ed esterno.
L’elemento centrale del’intervento è il parco pubblico, posto tra il comparto dell’edificio storico dell’ex Carcere Minorile e l’area destinata alla realizzazione di residenze ed attività  terziarie. Lo spazio aperto si configura come un luogo intermedio tra la città  storica, caratterizzata dalla compattezza del costruito, e la città  nuova, caratterizzata dalla costruzione per frammenti, articolata secondo una maglia a isolati regolari disposti lungo la fascia costiera.
Il progetto del giardino prevede la realizzazionedi un viale principale che attraversa longitudinalmente l’area connettendo la città  storica ed alla città  moderna. Il progetto delle residenze si articola secondo una combinazione di volumi che sollevandosi dal suolo definiscono l’edificio come un grande portico-ponte sul parco..

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Pesaro IT
Date	2007
Design team	Marco Scarpinato (Team leader), Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
Client	Provincia of Pesaro and Urbino
Surface	50.000 sm

SELF FAB HOUSE

Description

Introduction
The self Fab house is a self-built house, a dynamic device able to build a living space automatically.
The Rising House recoups mechanical aspects which have been excluded from the digital developmentthat has colonised the contemporary imagination.  The mechanical device separates what it is from what it becomes, what is taken from history and what belongs to the present. The retrieval of the mechanical form should have an important impact on sustainability as repairs can be made enabling a long life at a low cost.

Concept
The Rising House combines advanced technology of energy supply and simple construction using the mechanism of a folded pantograph for the industrial lifting plates. Through the movement of the pantograph the space is configured into one or two levels using the energy stored in the photovoltaic panels.
The idea of selfbuilding combines prefabrication with automatic construction, building the space without external help.

AutoConstruction / Self Fab
The ideal sites for the location of the Rising House are places with restricted access, both from an energy point of view and the supply of materials.  The house can be also used in disaster zones (war, flooding, hurricanes, etc…) which are deprived of infrastructure in terms of energy and organisation.
The closed object is positioned on the chosen site. The energy necessary for its construction is absorbed through the photovoltaic panels.
The stored energy is used to activate the pantograph mechanism that enables the superimposed floors to position themselves at a fixed height.  The configuration of the floors is at one or two levels.
The skin spreads out (stretches) along the edges of the building enabling the customisation of the height and creating a different relationship with the exterior. In this way the exterior image is characterised by the variations in the folding mechanism.

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	World
Date	2006
Design team	Marco Scarpinato,  Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
Client	IaaC Barcelona
Surface	100 sm

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Madrid ES
Date	206
Design team	Marco Scarpinato (Team leader), Vincenzo Guagliardo, Lorenza Majorana, Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
Client	City of Madrid
Surface	9.000 sm

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Bhopal IN
Date	2005
Design team	Marco Scarpinato (Team leader), Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
Client	IaaC Barcelona
Surface	100 sm
Awards	Finalist in International Design Competition

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Toronto CA
Date	2005
Design team	Marco Scarpinato

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Palermo IT
Date	2003
Design team	Marco Scarpinato, Lorenza Majorana, Lucia Pierro
Client	University of Palermo
Surface	200.000 sm

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PROJECT FACTS
Location	Budapest HU
Date	2001
Design team	Marco Scarpinato (Team Leader), Lucia Pierro, Carmelo Vitrano
Client	Europan
Surface	100.000 sm